China says plane shot down by Red China near coast
The Peiping regime informs Washington that a Chinese Nationalist plane was involved in the incident. A U S Navy Mercator patrol plane with 16 crew members is missing since Thursday Tokyo time after reporting it was under attack. One body with bullet wounds has been recovered. no survivors are believed. State and Defense departments await full facts before replying.
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Washington
China
United States
Dulles
Peiping
Tokyo
U.S
Red China
Defense of
State Departments
State Department
Truce Ends With Bombing in Lanarca
In Lanarca on Cyprus east coast a bomb damaged a Greek family home ending an 11 day truce proclaimed by EOKA. British authorities placed Nicosia mayor Themis Dervis under house arrest while six convicted EOKA members were sent to Britain to complete sentences. An EOKA member with life sentence escaped.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Lanarca
EOKA
Themistocles Dervis
Greece
Britain
Weather outlook for Snyder with scattered storms
Yesterday high 101 and low 70. At 7 30 a m today 77. West Texas forecasts show partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with widely scattered thunderstorms. Cooler conditions expected in the upper Panhandle on Wednesday.
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Snyder
West Texas
Upper Panhandle
Child Drowns After Pool Fall in Family Outing
Five year old Edward Richardson drowned last night after falling into a swimming pool during a family outing in Grapevine. Police and emergency responders arrived but he could not be revived. The incident remains under investigation.
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Edward Richardson
Freeway planning reviewed by Snyder engineer
Jake Roberts district engineer for the State Highway Department met with county commissioners and the city council to review the freeway plan rerouting U S Highways 84 and 180. The project aims to cost over 4 million for about 11 miles with 2.1 million allocated to start. bond elections would fund right of way 300 feet wide.
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Jake Roberts
State Highway Department
County Commissioners Court
U. S
Roberts
Highway Department
Commissioners Court
Snyder
Dermott
Fluvanna
Scurry-Garza County
Webb County Vote Reduced Price Daniel Lead in Governor Race
In Webb County the Democratic runoff tally for Governor shifted with Price Daniel down by 17 to 4 063 while Ralph Yarborough remained at 2 336. Court of inquiry and canvass details noted absentee ballots and potential challenges amid charges of July 28 voting frands.
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Laredo
Webb County
Democratic Executive Committee
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Austin
W. G. Reel
Frank Maher
Victor Wood
Daniel
Wood
111Th District Court
49Th District
R. D. Wright
Special Court of Inquiry
Wright
Court of Inquiry
Yaroe
Daniel Saturay
C. B. Dick
William King
98Th District Court
Program For Teachers Ends Week With Orientation
Teachers and professional staff began the 1956 57 school year at the senior high auditorium as orientation sessions continued through Friday. Dr Cecil Yarbrough led the opening morning as Rev John Reaves gave devotions and prayers.
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Cecil Yarbrough
John Reaves
First Christian Church
E. H. Williamson
Clyde Godwin
Wilton Jones
Harold Brown
Snyder Council of Parents and Teachers
Wacil McNair
Grady Elder
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Frank W. Wilson
Curriculm
G. L. Richardson
W. T. Falls
M. E. Stanfield
Wilson
Carol Miller
Snyder Classroom Teachers Association
Yarbrough
Nasser Agrees To Meeting On Suez Canal Control
Egypt agrees to meet with a five nation committee to discuss international control of the Suez Canal but stops short of confirming the plan. Nasser expresses willingness to talk, sending a terse letter to Prime Minister Menzies. The Cairo letter leaves time and place undecided.
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London
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nasser
Five Nation Committee
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Samy Aboul Tetouh
Menzies
Cairo
Downing St
Eden
Dulles accuses Soviet propaganda on Suez talks
Secretary of State Dulles said Russia is waging a propaganda campaign to hinder Nasser from negotiating a Suez settlement. He noted Nasser agreed to receive a committee from the London conference and contrasted Soviet efforts with a majority plan for an international board to oversee the canal. He also discussed China’s downing of a plane and warned Japan about potential terms of peace with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
Nasser
India
Soviet Union
Ceylon
Indonesia
U.S
Dmitri Shepilov
London
Egypt
Veterans enrollment rises under Korean GI bill
The Veterans Administration announced that more than 750,000 veterans are expected to attend college and other training institutions this fall under the Korean GI bill.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Statewide gubernatorial race tight as canvass nears
The Associated Press reports a tight Texas runoff between Price Daniel and Ralph Yarborough with unofficial returns showing Daniel ahead 698,125 to 694,578. County chairs review results as corrections and potential errors are anticipated during official canvassing by county executive committees.
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Texas Election Bureau
Daniel
Yarborough
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Election Bureau
Explosion Wrecks Montreal Suburban Apartment House
An explosion in Villa LaSalle near Montreal, caused by escaped gas after a construction cut the gas main, wrecked a 16 family building. First reports cited 5 to 8 dead and 15 injured as emergency crews rushed to stop the gas flow and aid victims.
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Montreal
Villa LaSalle
LaSalle Heights
Missing Plane Sought In Dallas to Port Aransas Flight
In Corpus Christi authorities pursue an Eastern Oil Co plane missing after a Dallas takeoff. Pilot Jim Erwin of Odessa reported the craft departed at 6 am with five and a half hours fuel. A 30 mile wide search corridor spans from Dallas toward the South Texas coast along the flight line.
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Corpus Christi
Dallas
Port Aransas
Eastern Oil Co
Jim Erwin
Odessa
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Texas
Erwin
Gulf Coast
Floods Rise In South Texas From Heavy Weekend Rain
Widespread showers followed cloudbursts as creeks swelled and flood warnings continued for the Frio and Nueces rivers. The Frio crested near Calliham and rose between Calliham and Three Rivers. San Miguel Creek flooded areas northwest of Corpus Christi. ranchers advised moving cattle to higher ground.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
San Miguel Creek
Corpus Christi
Lower Frio
Atascosa County
Beeville
Benavides
Galveston
Luling
San Antonio
College Station
Austin and Palacios
Tilden
Wasburne
Brownsville
Houston
Victoria
Cotulla
Texarkana
Lufkin
Palacios
Beaumont
Verdict Rules Death by Own Action in Hilton Shooting
Dallas Justice W. E. Richburg rules death by own action in the shooting of 33 year old Joe Hilton. The ruling clarifies the manner and context of the fatal incident.
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Dallas
W. E. Richburg
Joe Hilton
Man Killed Here Today Accidentally
Luther Y. Palmer about 33 resident of the Lubbock Highway was accidentally killed by a shotgun blast around 10 this morning. He was a bulk plant operator for Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. for five years. The death was discovered when his son Lynn Palmer, 12, woke and found him. deputy Bill Love said the blast at close range struck in the stomach during an apparent skunk hunting accident. The ambulance and hospital care followed, with funeral arrangements pending at Bell Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, the son, two brothers and three sisters.
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Luther Y. Palmer
Lubbock
Palmer
Halllsburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Lynn Palmer
Bill Love
Love
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
ASC
Cogdell Hospital
Bell Funeral Home
Chester Palmer
Phoenix
Ariz
M. T. Palmer
Texarkana
H. M. Prudom
Frank Sangalli
L. L. Berry
Nurse Admits Killing Babies In New Haven Case
A 260 pound pediatric nurse Vir ginia B Jaspers 33 confessed to shaking to death three infants and injuring two more between 1948 and 1955 in New Haven Guilford New Canaan and Woodbridge. She said children sometimes get on her nerves and admitted the Kapsinow infant death after questioning by police.
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New Haven
Conn
Virginia B. Jaspers
Miss Jaspers
James J. Corrigan
Marvin Schaeffer
Woodbridge
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